In 2006, Claus Feveile published Det Aeldste Ribe [The earliest Ribe],
launching the publication series Ribe Studier [Ribe Studies]. The goal
of that series was to make the core archaeological evidence from
excavations in the town of Ribe between 1984 and 2000 accessible to the
scholarly world and to give an account of Ribe's special status in the
archaeological landscape of Denmark and northern Europe. Ribe 700-1050:
From Emporium to Civitas in Southern Scandinavia is volume 2 in Ribe
Studies. The main text here provides a comprehensive presentation and
analysis of the archaeology of the town through to the end of the Viking
Period. Alongside that, the book has a major topographical section which
discusses West Jutland in this period and the connexions between Ribe
and the hinterland of the town. In addition, a concluding chapter
discusses the origin of towns in southern Scandinavia.